Sharing God's Word

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charset=utf-8"> <style> p { margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1px } span.WPParaBox { padding: 0px; width: 100%; margin: 0px; display: block } div.WPParaBoxWrapper { padding: 0px; float: left } body { font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal } </style> </head> <body> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-weight: bold">                         SHARING GOD’S WORD:</span></p> <div class="WPParaBoxWrapper" style="width: 300px; float: right; clear: right"><span class="WPParaBox" style="border: none"> <img src="HTMLobj-692/3a-sharinggodsword.gif" alt="3a-sharinggodsword.gif" width="300" height="228" border="0"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify">                                                                 </p> <p style="text-align: justify">Benefits are ours when yielding to God’s Word! You see, there is no way that you can separate Love from Truth. Love and Truth are tied together! We all know that there are scattered church groups that are cold and indifferent, with no real care for one another. We scratch our heads and wonder why that is so? But when we come back to realizing that Truth is important and can never be replaced by humanistic methods and strategies, then we begin to see that a change can take place in our attitude through living out the Word of God. </p> <p style="text-align: justify">Notice what the Apostle John writes in his epistle, <i>“The Elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever”</i>(II John 1-2). The word for <i><span style="font-weight: bold">“love” </span></i>is not the word that a lover would write to his loved one! It's not “I luv you.” No, this is the word that John has championed in his first epistle and now brings it out in this letter: “agapao”, meaning that which the Holy Spirit alone can produce in one's inter most heart [the heart God looks at]. It is a love that is devoted to do what is necessary to meet the spiritual need of someone, no matter what it costs him.</p> <br> <p style="text-align: justify"> The word "in,"in the phrase <i>“whom I love in truth,” <span style="font-weight: bold">en</span></i>, denotes a fixed position within the sphere of something. This unique Love that only God can produce in us only occurs when one walks within the sphere of Truth. </p> <br> <p style="text-align: justify">If one is not experiencing Truth, practicing Truth, and obeying Truth, then he cannot be in the sphere of the influence of truth. God's love is only experienced by those who choose to walk in the sphere of God's Truth! </p> <br> <p style="text-align: justify">In II John 2, when John says <i>“for the sake of the truth which abides in us. . .” the phrase “for the sake of” </i>is possibly better understood as <i>“because of.” </i>John puts the definite article before the word <i>“truth,” </i> making it <i>“the truth”</i>— thus making it totally clear that he is talking about the Truth of God's Word<i>. “Abides” </i>is the Greek <i><span style="font-weight: bold">“meno</span></i>.” It is in the present active and means <i>"to remain." </i>The Truth of God's Word remains in those who choose to live in its sphere or live under its influence in their lives. </p> <br> <p style="text-align: justify">John goes on to say in verse 2, <i>“will be with' us forever:” “With” </i>is <i><span style="font-weight: bold">“meta</span></i><span style="font-weight: bold">;” </span>it means that it is in our midst </p> <p style="text-align: justify">it will always accompany us. Now, because the Truth remains in us and will always be with us, there will be definite results when we choose to walk in it . </p> <br> <p style="text-align: justify">Moving down to verse 3, “Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love”(II John 3). We have seen that in the sphere of walking in God's Truth there is love. But there are three other blessings that we will always have: Grace, Mercy and Peace! </p> <br> <p style="text-align: justify">Grace in the Greek is <i><span style="font-weight: bold">“charis” </span></i>the divine enabling power of God that transforms us. Mercy is <i>“<span style="font-weight: bold">eteos,” </span></i>the undeserved ability to bear up under the wrong choices that we make. </p> <br> <p style="text-align: justify">Peace is <i><span style="font-weight: bold">“eirene,” </span></i>the absence of any conflict between God and man. It literally means to<i>“bind together,” </i>and paints a priceless picture. </p> <br> <p style="text-align: justify">When we choose to experience truth by obeying God's Word, we will experience His love for us, and through us for others. Out of this truth and love will flow His grace, His divine enablement to do what He tells us to do; His mercy, His divine ability to even bear up under our wrong choices; and His peace, His divine assurance that there is no conflict between Him and us. </p> <br> <div class="WPParaBoxWrapper" style="width: 300px; float: left; clear: left"><span class="WPParaBox" style="border: none"> <img src="HTMLobj-692/3a-sharinggodsword1.gif" alt="3a-sharinggodsword1.gif" width="300" height="171" border="0"></span></div> <p style="text-align: justify"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify">The recipients of John's epistle had it down right in their walk with Christ and in His Word. They walked in the truth! “I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father”( 2 John 2: 4).</p> <br> <p style="text-align: justify">Stop and think for a moment. Just look at what you are missing in your called walk when we choose not to live under the influence of Truth! We <span style="text-decoration: underline">miss the true love </span>that only Christ can produce in us and through us; we miss the <span style="text-decoration: underline">un-merited pardon </span>that constantly changes our lives from the inside out; we <span style="text-decoration: underline">miss the mercy </span>that is always there when we drift from it; and we <span style="text-decoration: underline">miss the peace </span>in our midst, knowing that there is nothing between us and God and nothing between one another. We need to ask ourselves-are we walking in Love and Truth? ☜</p> <p style="text-align: justify">########################################################################################</p> <br> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: #000050">THE THIRD EPISTLE OF THE APOSTLE OF JOHN</span><span style="color: #b07050"></span></p> <br> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: #ff0080">John no longer writing as an apostle, but as an elder, John addresses this letter not to the church as such, but to a faithful man in the church for the comfort and encouragement of those who were standing fast in the primitive simplicity. The key phase in this chapter is “the Truth.”</span></p> <br> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15pt">III John 1-8; </span>(FROM NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION)</p> <br> <p style="text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size: 11pt">“THE ELDER, </span></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"><span style="font-size: 11pt">1<span>           </span>TO MY DEAR FRIEND GAIUS, WHOM I LOVE IN THE TRUTH. </span></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"><span style="font-size: 11pt">2<span>           </span> DEAR FRIEND, I PRAY THAT YOU MAY ENJOY GOOD HEALTH AND THAT ALL MAY GO WELL WITH YOU, EVEN AS YOUR SOUL IS GETTING ALONG WELL. </span></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"><span style="font-size: 11pt">3<span>           </span>IT GAVE ME GREAT JOY TO HAVE SOME BROTHERS COME AND TELL ABOUT YOUR FAITHFULNESS TO THE TRUTH AND HOW YOU CONTINUE TO WALK IN THE TRUTH. </span></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"><span style="font-size: 11pt">4<span>           </span>I HAVE NO GREATER JOY THAN TO HEAR THAT MY CHILDREN ARE WALKING IN THE TRUTH. </span></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"><span style="font-size: 11pt">5<span>           </span>DEAR FRIEND, YOU ARE FAITHFUL IN WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR THE BROTHERS, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE STRANGERS TO YOU.</span></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"><span style="font-size: 11pt"> 6 <span>          </span>THEY HAVE TOLD THE CHURCH ABOUT YOUR LOVE. YOU WILL DO WELL TO SEND THEM ON THEIR WAY IN A MANNER WORTHY OF GOD.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"><span style="font-size: 11pt">7 <span>          </span>IT WAS FOR THE SAKE OF THE NAME THAT THEY WENT OUT, RECEIVING NO HELP FROM THE PAGANS. </span></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in"><span style="font-size: 11pt">8<span>           </span>WE OUGHT THEREFORE TO SHOW HOSPITALITY TO SUCH MEN SO THAT WE MAY WORK TOGETHER FOR THE TRUTH.” </span>☜ COGIT </p> <br> <br> <p style="text-align: justify"> </p> </body> </html>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>